The contenders for promotion from the 8th series of the 3rd League will face each other on Saturday in Timişoara, at the Electrica Stadium, in a game from stage 5 of the play-out phase. The game Poli Timişoara – FC Bihor, broadcast online by FRF TV, will start at 17.00, just like the other game in the series, CSC Peciu Nou – Phoenix Buziaş.
The derby finds the two rivals separated by nine points in favor of Oradea, the only undefeated ones in this edition of the championship. But in the three direct confrontations in this season, the red-blues did not manage to win, although in each one they had favorable moments, opportunities, numerical superiority, a shot from 11 meters, which they did not manage to put to fruition, the games ending 1-1 (in Timişoara and Oradea) and 0-0 in the last match at the Iuliu Bodola Stadium. So, from this point of view, a positive morale for the people of Timisoara, who are mobilizing in an exemplary manner in front of the people of Oradea. It is another opportunity for Oradea players to prove that they know how to play high stakes matches against demanding opponents. If FC Bihor is mathematically qualified in the semifinals of the promotion bracket with five stages before the end, Poli is also close to this goal through the prism of the eight points ahead of the 3rd place holder. The Bihor-Banătă duel could be repeated in the final the dam in the increasingly likely event that FC Bihor and Poli will win the games with the top two ranked in series 7, in which CSC Ghiroda Giarmata Vii has 45 points, ACSO Filiaşi – 42 points, CSM Deva and Viitorul Şimian, 40 points each.
“After we have achieved our goal of qualifying for the promotion play-off, we want to achieve one more now, that of entering the play-off from first place and thus having the last stages of the play-offs quieter. This was our objective from the very beginning, to try to win everything that can be won, because if we want to look like a team that has confidence, that has potential and that wants something, then it has to win almost everything can win at this level. We hope to have a good game in Timişoara, because I have confidence in what we have trained so far. I saw confidence, I saw enthusiasm, I saw great concentration in everything we worked on and I hope it will continue to be the same, and at game time let’s be as clear and responsive as possible and, why not, let’s say we’re going with the intention of winning”, declared the head coach of the Oradea team, Florin Farcaş, who cannot count on Alexandru Stoian and Răzvan Gunie, who are injured.
Play-off standings
1. FC Bihor Oradea 4 3 1 0 10-1 56
2. Polytechnic Timisoara 4 2 2 0 6-3 47
3. CSC Peciu Nou 4 1 0 3 4-7 39
4. Phoenix Buziaş 4 0 1 3 3-12 33
